Learn about programs with assistive listening devices and real-time captioning.
Gallery talks, lectures, and symposia with FM assistive listening devices are scheduled on a regular basis.
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium and the Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education are equipped with infrared sound enhancement systems (with headsets and neck loops). To obtain a headset or neck loop in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium, please ask an usher. For headsets and neck loops for programs in the Uris Center for Education, speak to the instructor for the program you are attending. Headsets and neck loops are available free of charge.
Select information and admissions desks in the Great Hall and Diane W. Burke Hall in the Uris Center for Education are equipped with induction loops. Look for the red and white signs indicating locations.
Stream Audio Guide content for thousands of artworks in the galleries and for select current exhibitions on your own device. Transcripts in standard and large print are available for all Audio Guide programming. Stream Audio Guide content for thousands of artworks in the galleries and for select current exhibitions on your own device.
We can provide real-time captioning for lectures by request. Visitors can request this service up to three weeks before the date of the lecture; however, this accommodation is contingent upon the availability of captioners. To request real-time captioning, call 212-650-2010 (voice) or email access@metmuseum.org.
The Museum welcomes comments and suggestions about how we might continue to improve our programs for visitors with disabilities. Please contact us at access@metmuseum.org or call 212-650-2010 (voice).
Access Programs
Education Department
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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New York, NY 10028-0198